Gaining Access to Decentralised Library Resources Using Location-Aware Services
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The paper describes a prototype that enables library users to use their mobile devices to find the physical location of specific services or objects in a branch of a distributed library. It guides the users to this location using external map services, location-awareness and navigational tools. The architecture of the system is briefly described together with the integrated services.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009